Wauwatosa qualified three wrestlers for state at the Oconomowoc Sectional on Saturday - Kai Castaneda at 113 (41-2), Zach Miller at 120 (39-5) and Marcus Morrow at 145 (36-7), each finishing in second place.

"To have three qualifiers is a nice accomplishment," Wauwatosa's Kent Morin said. "In Tosa history, we have only had three qualifiers in a year two other times (2007/2008)."

Zach Miller

Miller scored 13 team points, winning by a pin (3:32) over Cedarburg's Josh Hickey (26-17) and beating Arrowhead's Rudy Otters (21-16) with a 12-7 decision. Then he lost to Menomonee Falls' Bill Holz (43-4) by getting pinned in 3:27 in the title match.

"Zach had a thrilling first match … ," Morin said. "In the third period with the score 11-11, Zach got a reversal and pinned Hickey."

Morin said Miller had a very solid match in the semifinals.

"To get to the State Tournament as a freshman is incredible," he said.

"Kai had the most pressure on him given he entered the tournament with a 39-1 record," Morin said. "He was tentative with his takedowns during his first two matches but was really never in danger of losing."

The rest of the team

Three wrestlers just missed qualifying for state - Devine Burt, AJ Minucci and Max Nelson.

Burt at 182 (27-9) placed third and scored nine team points. He beat Arrowhead's Daniel Sorenson, 8-1, lost to Oconomowoc's Richard Kuehl by a pin (1:34) and pinned (1:54) Germantown's Hunter Valenta.

Minucci at 132 (35-9) placed third and scored nine team points, winning by a pin (4:39), losing by an injury default to Cedarburg's Joey Pelkey and winning by a 5-1 decision over Milwaukee King's Cherif Sowinski.

Nelson at 138 (29-2) placed third and scored eight team points, winning by decisions over Menomonee Falls' Austin Meyers, 3-0, and Arrowhead's Austin Yde, 9-6. He then lost to Cedarburg's Jason Ipsarides by a 15-6 major decision and to Oconomowoc's Eric Lease by an 11-4 decision.

The following six wrestlers did not score any points - Sean McDuffie at 106 (16-16), Alex Comte at 152 (24-19), Sam Bertz at 160 (30-12), Elliott Rogahn at 195 (19-13), Matt Miller at 220 (8-9) and Lorry Venturi at 285 (11-27).

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